Last week I listened to an amazing sermon and the question asked was,
"Are you doing what matters the most?"
and... "What matters the most in what you are doing?"
then you have a little different way of viewing it. But...
WHAT DOES MATTER THE MOST TO YOU and what are YOU doing about it?
I've been finding myself answering that question everyday with my actions and activities that I fill my crazy busy schedule with like every mom does. Do you realize that
when you say YES to something or someone, you are saying NO to something or someone else... your children?
When it comes down to planning and scheduling and requests of others for one reason or another, I put that question in my head, "If I say yes to this... I'm saying no to my children. Does what I say yes to matter or make a difference to my family?" Time is so valuable and 24 hours is the only thing all of us have the same of.
TIME 24 hours, we all have the same of.
Choose what you do wisely, will it matter later if you do it or not? Are you surrounding yourself with people that want to spend time with you and that you enjoy and have fun with and WANT to be with? It never gets old when I read and hear, "Be with people that celebrate you, not tolerate you :)" Are you involved in that activity for school for the right reasons? Are you just trying to get thru your busy schedule not taking the time out to do what matters the most to you? Our time is limited on this earth. Do what matters.
I look at this summer how fast it came and went. I will never get these past couple months back with my kids. Did they care that the house was a mess? Did they remember they had clean laundry that I spent forever doing on a beautiful day because, "it just had to be done?" Did I work late on a beautiful night because I needed the overtime and those few hours without my kids will get me that much more further with the bills? Did I yell at them or laugh with them more? Did we spend the time together that I can't get back? What will your kids remember about this summer the most, what you did together as a family or how much work, chores, etc. that mom accomplished? What do you remember most about YOUR summers as a child with your family? We never know how long we have with each other but we do know to make the best of what we can.
Do what matters. Taking care of YOU FIRST makes taking care of others easy. Say yes to what matters, now or later, to you and your family and say no to what doesn't or won't. Happy Sunday Moms, God Bless each one of you!
This post was inspired to me after hearing Don Piper speak about his book, 90 Minutes in Heaven.
